Plans for housing at old Canberra Brickworks

Plans for the redevelopment of the Brickworks site have been released.

Jim Trail: ABC Local

A $94 million cultural hub and medium density housing is the favoured option for the redevelopment of the old Canberra Brickworks at Yarralumla.

The site produced bricks for the building of Canberra throughout last century and is one of the most intact old brickworks in Australia.

The preferred option would see the construction of medium-density housing for 4,000 people, doubling the population of Yarralumla.

The ACT Land Development Agency has released detailed plans for four options for the site, ranging from mothballing the site to the $94 million revamp.

The 60 hectare site extends from the brickworks to the Cotter Road and across Adelaide Avenue and Yarra Glen into nearby Deakin.

The preferred option would allow medium-density housing up to four storeys and would have a sufficient population density to support a rapid bus service to Civic.

Yarralumla residents are concerned about the fate of green spaces and the potential for traffic congestion under two of the options.

President of the Yarralumla Residents Association Robyn Cooper says they want to see the old Canberra Brickworks site preserved.

"We were somewhat alarmed last night to find that four storey unit development was included in two of the options and that it can't be done under current zoning and the ACT government would consider changing the zoning for Yarralumla," she said.